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I 1,556,352 PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB BITTER, FAR ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK.

' BAG.

Application filed January To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB BITTER, a citi-' zen of the United States, anda resident of Far Rockaway, county of Queens, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bags, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to bags, and particularly, ladies hand bags, andthe general object of the invention is to provide a securing means whichis, under normal circumstances, concealed, but which may be readilyoperated to open the bag. 7

A further object is to provide a bag which has an invisible, collapsibleframe combined with the concealed securing means.

Further objects will appear from the description to follow andembodiments of the invention will be shown in the accompanying drawings,and the invention will be hereinafter described and finally pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of one em-'bodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Figure 3; i

Figure 3 is a'perspective View of a modi-.

fied form of my invention;

Figure 4 isa sectional View of still another modified form;

Figure 5 is a sectional view of still another modified form;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of another embodiment;

Figure 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment, and

.Figure 8 is a vertical section taken on line 88 of Figure 7.

Similar character references indicate corresponding parts throughout thevarious views. While the bag ispreferably made of textile or leathermaterial the sectional views show the parts as plain lines in order toavoid confusion in the representations.

Referring to the drawings and more particularly to Figures 1 and 2,there-is shown a bag having an invisible, collapsible frame member whichis concealed and which normally holds the bag in closed position. Whenthe opening of the bag is extended, or opened this concealed frame holdsthe same open. The bag itself may be of any shape,

as indicated by 10 and it has at its upper por-. tion forming theopening of the bag hems or loop portions 11 which surround and enclose16, 1925. Serial No. 2,741.

.the metallic frame 12. This metallic frame is hinged at 13 and 14 andalso at 15 and 16. The sides of the bag are gathered at the lowerportion ofthe frame, and, acting as gussets, gives additional supportand eliminates pulling and sagging, Extending be-' yond the textilecovering of the invisible frame 12 are upwardly-extending members madeof textile material, indicated by 17, which extend above and thesematerials are made relatively stiff though flexible, being made ofsuperimposed textile materials so as to give with the opening or closingof the bag but retain their positions in conformity with the opening andclosing of the invisible collapsible frame. A suitable closing devicemay be provided, as indicated by the snap members 18 and-18 in Figure 4,or by another form .19, in Figure 5, and then a covering flap 20.securedat 21 having a snap fastener 22 which may be provided so as to give anartistic appearance to the bag, as shown in perspective view in Figure6.

' Preferably, however, I provide instead of the fastening devices .18,18 and 19, in Figures 4 and 5, a concealed hooklessfastener as shown inFigures 1, 3, 7 and 8, which may be readily closed or opened by themovement of .the sliding member 23. The structure of these fasteningdevices is shown in U.- S.

Letters Patent No. 1,322,650, and I make no r claim to the structurethereof as my invention, claiming however the cooperation with andcombination of this particular fastening device, the specificarrangement and locality of which enables a very efficient bag to beproduced. The members holding these hookless fasteners are indicated inFigure 3 in perspective by the character 25, and shown in the section,in Figure 2, the members supthese embodiments do not contain theinvisible collapsible frame and inorder to'p1'o-' vide an eflicient bagthe inner lining '26 extends to the-lower portion 27 of the hooklessfastener and the two members 17 and 17 are capable of spreading action,the

lower portion of the member 17 being secured to and in continuation withthe ba 10 itself. Between the two members 17 and 17 and secured to theirupper edges is stiffening member 24 of card oard or other suitablematerial. This member extends downwardly and has its lower edge freebetween the lower edges of members 17 and 17 a so that the lowerportions of all of these members are capable of independent movement. Bythis arrangement I provide a gap portion 27 between the member 26 andbag 10 and give a certain flexibility to the movement of the parts inthat while the bag is closed the portions 26 act as a closure top to thecontents of the bag, whereas when the bag is opened these parts 26 fallin line with the outer covering of the bag. I

Among the advantages, is the provision of a bag that gives and providesa roomy construction., The upwardly extending mem-' bers, being securedat their upper edges only, permit the fasteners to be drawn togetherwithout drawing upon the outer member and bag material and the hooklessmetallic fasteners and sliding member provides fastening means for thebag which prevents the contents from falling out or the bag from openingwithout the knowledge of the owner. The invisible collapsible frame inthe up er portion of the ba adds strength to the bag and prevents thereaking of the ha and fastening means.

other advantage is the provision of a bag which can be quickly opened,and due to the construction of the upper portion thereof, will remain inopen position or in closed position owing to that tendency of fered bythe collapsible frame and stifi'ening in the. upwardly extending members17. Other advantages appear in the ready opening of the bag and theready closing of the same, no part of the fastening device being in theway of the use of the bag.

Further advantages of the constructions of the embodiments disclosedwill readily appear to users of such bags. andthose skilled in the art.

Having shown and described preferred embodiments of various features ofmy invention, it is to be understood nevertheless that the bag may alsobe produced invarious other alternative forms. Accordingly, I reservethe privilege of resorting to all such legitimate changes in form,proportion, and arrangement of the parts as may be fairly consideredwithin the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in thefollowing claims.

By virtue of the fact that the members 17 and 17 are held together attheir upper ends and preferably there secured to the stiffener 24 asindicated at 24, the bag when it is filled, permits an expandingmovement of the members 17 and 17 in respect to the stiffening member24. In certain cases the stiffener 24 follows either the member 17 orthe member 17". By virtue of the com siderable contents in the bag, theparts 17 and 17 spreading out or expanding, permit its top, sideportions on the bag extending upwardly beyond the open top, a pluralityof hingedly connected frame sections secured to the bag and spacedslightly below the open top t ereoffor distending andcollaps ing theopen top, and a hookless fastener having its side members secured to theopen top of the bag and spaced above the frame sections and its slidingmember operating between said upwardly extending side portion of thebag, said hookless fastener adapted to close the o 11 top of the ba andyieldingly hold the ame sections coTlapsed.

2. A bag comprising an outer container having an opening at its top, alining member within the container in which articles are to be received,upwardly extending portions of the bag arranged on either side above theopening at the top of the container, said portions each having an outermember secured to the outer container and an inner portion secured atits upper edge to the upper edge of the outer member and its lower edgeto the lining member within the container, and a. stiffening membersecured between the up er edges of said inner and outer members of theupwardly extending portion of the bag and extending between the loweredges of said portion.

3. A bag comprising an outer container having an opening at its top, alining member wlthin thecontainer in which articles are to be received,upwardly extending portions of the bag arranged on either side above theopening at the top of the containe'r, said portions each having an outermember secured to the outer container and an inner portion secured atits upper edge; to the upper edge of the outer member and its lower edgeto the lining member within the container, a stiffening member securedbetween the upper edges of said inner and outer members of the upwardlyextending portion of the bag and extending between the lower edges ofsaid portion, a hookless fastener having its side members secured to thelower edges of the inner members of the upwardly extending portions ofthe bag, and a sliding member on said fastener members having anoperating member between said upwardly extending portions of the bag.

4. A bag comprising an outer container having an opening at its top, alining mem# ber within the container-in which articles are to be.received, upwardly extending ortions of the bag arranged on either sidea (we the opening at the top of the container, said portions each havingan outer member secured to the outer container andan inner portionsecured at its upper edge to the upper edge of the outer member and itslower edge to the lining member within the container, a stiffeningmember secured between the upper edges of said inner and outer membersof the upwardly extending portion of the bag and extending between thelower edges of saidportion, and a. collapsible frame comprising hingedsections concealed between said outer container and inner linor closedposition.-

5. In a bag, separable members permanently joined at their upperportions and capable of separating movement at the other portionsthereof, and an interior llnmg and an exterior cover individuallysecured to the lower parts of the separable members,

said separable members adapted to spread and distribute the strains andstresses of a filledbag, to remove such strains and stresses from the,frame and closure of the bag.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as v signed my name hereto.

my invention, I have JACOB BITTER. I

